Looking ahead - we might expect after the final time trial that those with previous slow time trial times will likely end up at the bottom of the GC rankings at the end of the Tour. Out of these ten, the five slowest in the Stage 7 Individual Time Trial were Coutouly, Casper, Hernandez, Vansevenant, and Wrolich (in descending order).

A move up was made today by Stephane Auge, French rider for Cofidis, who had been in 143rd place. He finished in 55th place at 33:05 today, bumping him up to 127th place overall.

I deeply regret to say that I'm probably going to miss the final individual time trial broadcast live, since I have a swim-run event that morning, so I won't be able to see the Grand Finale ITT until Saturday evening. My fingernails are going to be all bitten off by then.